Word: broad
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...more than a little credence to speculation that the President might be contemplating a change in Viet Nam policy-or else had taken the opportunity to disarm critics by giving the impression that he might. Westmoreland, the chief instrument of past policy, could hardly be expected to implement any broad changes...
There is a certain urgency to the situation. RUS has a broad mandate to stay firm on its essential demands. Any compromise on these would be a betrayal. But that does not rule out considerable dialogue on what the demands mean and how best to achieve them. The essential ingredient is a willingness on the part of administration and Trustees to give and take on the two really important issues as well as the problem of student seating on administration committees. On the seating question, progress is being made, since several college and Trustee committees are actively seeking student members...
...feel hate," he told us. "I could KILL a white man." A penetrating look, then a broad grin...
...their adopted daughter Varya (Janet Leslie). The style becomes part of the dramatic action of the production. It is a hot house aristocratic style of life and acting; constantly undercut on one side by a rude bourgeois frankness (played with 20th century realism) and on the other by a broad comedy, which is often the symbol and mockery of unclutered peasant bumpkinry...
...student who particularly sought out our company was a militant who told us he wanted to see Raleigh burn. "I feel hate," he told us, "I could kill a white man." A penetrating look, then a broad grin: "Not you, man!" He let us know he wasn't just being friendly to please us. His decision to be friendly (and it was his decision, not ours) was an act of generosity...